Melanoma Research Victoria

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to cavrotolimod (AST-008) for the treatment of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), according to an announcement from Exicure, Inc.1

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Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced that nemvaleukin alfa (“nemvaleukin”, formerly referred to as ALKS 4230), the company’s investigational engineered interleukin-2 (IL-2) variant immunotherapy, has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of mucosal melanoma by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to Immunocore‘s tebentafusp (IMCgp100) for HLA-A2 positive, inoperable, or advanced uveal melanoma — a common and difficult-to-treat form of eye cancer — the company announced in a press release.

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Cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis leverage many regulatory agents, such as signaling molecules, transcription factors, and regulatory RNA molecules.

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